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Barbara Ehrenreich

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Freedom

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Barbara Ehrenreich is saying that in a free market system, people have the liberty to take risks and face the consequences of failure. However, the negative effects of these risks can impact everyone, even those who choose not to participate.

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